Famous statues of horses sculpted by Sardinian artist Costantino Nivola and his American colleague Richard Stein are back in place in New York after they were damaged and removed in the redevelopment of a playground under the Big Apple's Wise Towers two years ago.

The statues had graced the playground since 1964. After calls to bring them back to Nivola's Sardinian home at Orani, it was decided to repair them and put them back in situ in the playground. The museum in Orani dedicatd to the artist said "this is splendid news".